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package org.djutils.serialization;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Interface that must be implemented by objects that can be serialized.
 * 
 * Copyright (c) 2019-2023 Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5, 2600 AA, Delft, the Netherlands. All rights reserved. 

 * BSD-style license. See DJUTILS License.
 * 

 * @version $Revision$, $LastChangedDate$, by $Author$, 

 * @author Alexander Verbraeck
 * @author Peter Knoppers
 * @param  type of object that implements this interface
 */
public interface SerializableObject
{
    /**
     * Make all elements that need to be serialized available as a list. The size of this list and the types of the elements in
     * it must be consistent. Meaning that the size of the list and content types of the list are always the same.
     * @return List<Object>; list of the elements that need to serialized
     */
    List